Global effective plant rooting depth

The global effective plant rooting depth (unit: meter) datasets contains a climatological map of mean effective plant rooting depth over 1982-2010 at 0.5 degree spatial resolution based on Guswa's Carbon Cost-Benefit model. A detailed description of the method, input data and hydrological validation of the effectiveness of the estimated rooting depth can be found in Yang et al. (2016). \n\nReference: \nGuswa, A.J. (2008), The influence of climate on root depth: A carbon cost-benefit analysis, Water Resources Research, 44(2), W02427, doi: 10.1029/2007WR006384.\n\nYang, Y.T., Donohue, R.J., McVicar, T.R. (2016), Global estimation of effective plant rooting depth: Implication for hydrological modelling, Water Resource Research, In press.

全球有效植物根深（effective plant rooting depth，单位：米）数据集基于Guswa的碳成本效益模型（Carbon Cost-Benefit model），包含1982-2010年时段、空间分辨率为0.5度的平均有效植物根深气候图集。有关该研究方法、输入数据以及估算根系深度有效性的水文验证（hydrological validation）的详细说明，可参见Yang等人（2016）的研究成果。

参考文献：
Guswa, A.J. (2008), 《气候对根系深度的影响：碳成本效益分析》，《水资源研究（Water Resources Research）》，44(2), W02427, doi: 10.1029/2007WR006384.

Yang, Y.T., Donohue, R.J., McVicar, T.R. (2016), 《全球有效植物根深估算：对水文模拟的启示》，《水资源研究（Water Resource Research）》，已接收待刊。